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Plastering the Swimming Pool

Larry Long is on hand to oversee the final step of the pool's contruction. The pool is washed and vacuumed. Bob discusses the materials and mixing ratio used in the plaster and watches as the plaster is applied.
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Plastering the Swimming Pool

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" By the big days here we're getting ready to -- swimming pool and -- is with us -- contractor Larry. This is basically just clean up time over here now right yeah Bob forget right a -- they're actually proper -- for right now and that got. Yet -- between dobbs noted -- on -- as we've got polyethylene plastic has been put around the perimeter of the opening so that we don't -- Fatter any white plaster on board -- Very special -- in this -- And I noticed using a wet dry shop vacuum around the brain that there's nothing really height that we just washing it down collecting everything down the bottom -- Vacuuming it up we'll will they be mixing them laughter I didn't actually know where that makes it out -- When we go take a look at that."

" OK so all the material is Verizon truck back it's you don't have a dump truck involved now. And what we got white Portland cement and this is whites. Sure is like I was just come from this is actually crushed limestone walls are known. -- and the Portland cement as white Portland cement them where extra strength that's correct and what about the mixing ratio. Well they're gonna or nicks. Six bags of cement Q8 Pakistan and that probably is the ratio of the depends on the horses of this and exactly how big recruiting agents actual plan in this particular pool really. Guys and what are these funky shoes there all right. Actually there for lack of -- work still it's yeah I'll catch you Richard good. Where those you don't have to worry about them stepping into the plaster that's correct. But wow look at that. So we're not talking properly you know like we do inside the living room I've finished all our -- yeah. In the behind me start traveling again. We're gonna trials are they using just scattered pockets standard but they've got a rounded edge yeah. So how thick that the that the trial in time. -- the first codes about maid and instead. And in the for an entire edge of the wolf first and come back into a second coat. Yet it looks like twelve actually looked down at the end of the pool. He's just it's flattering that stuff out there with a bucket. -- Now Larry these guys where some of the where it is but you're ever seen what's -- he's getting out of this -- right. Now what's the deal with the foam rubber that well the -- what they're doing is that. They're almost don't report them -- surface and it. They need to walk going to still continue to trial out all air bubbles out show us citizens cushioning to the walk exactly. It won't leave any footprints. And so now they've changed put here again that's correct Missouri Terri Clark tells of runners in animals and this helps them. To the final final -- Still trial of -- this make sure this past when you dive in there of your belly rubs it against the bottom of the loosen it -- that's correct when we start feeling it comes through these guys walk out full. As that are you going to fill it just with a garden hose well typically carry forward -- rag for an end to. Trapping sediment that Michael out of garden I was gonna take. Ready to -- a lot of -- time I got a surprise."

" Hey this is Hollywood back yes he's got to have a built in an hour and half. By 18000 gallons. Good look at -- thanks a lot thanks very much again."

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